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Primal arts Native Americans, Eskimos, & aborigines / Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter ; [translated by David Wharry].
Penn Museum Library N6501 .G46 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Geoffroy-Schneiter, Bérénice.
- Standardized Title:
- Arts premiers. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Indian art--Mexico.
- Indian art.
- Mexico.
- Indian art--South America.
- South America.
- Indian art--Central America.
- Central America.
- Indian art--North America.
- North America.
- Eskimo art.
- Art, Aboriginal Australian.
- Art.
- Art--Influence.
- Physical Description:
- 399 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Assouline, [2006]
- Summary:
- Exploring the similarities between these lost cultures, Primal Arts II illuminates their lives, revealing how these people worked with nature and created and used various objects that, today, are considered great works of art. Linking previously unpublished archives with the most significant works from collections around the world, Primal Arts II is the ultimate resource book, providing a comprehensive look at the history and art of lost cultures. Featuring seventeenth-century European engravings, artwork by George Catlin, photographs by Curtis, the Karel Kupka collection of Aboriginal paintings, detailed accounts of Claude Levi-Strauss's expeditions in Amazonia and Paul-Emile Victor's journeys in the Arctic, and the author's original research, this book is the must-have volume for anyone interested in primal arts, archeology, and cultural history.
- Contents:
- The Tainos
- Mesoamerica
- South and Central America
- North America
- The Arctic world
- Epilogue: The consecration of aboriginal art.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Arts premiers.
- Companion volume to: Primal arts: Africa, Oceania and the Southeast Asian islands.
- Volume designation from book jacket.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-398).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 2843238242
- OCLC:
- 70708074
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